Man ranting about “high treason” arrested after ramming truck into Dallas TV station
By Tess Owen Sep 5, 2018
A man ranting about “high treason” repeatedly rammed his pickup truck into the side of a local news station in Dallas early Wednesday. He’s now been arrested.
As the truck smashed into KDFW-TV studios, a Fox affiliate, thousands of pieces of paper were flung out by the suspect, who also ranted about the local sheriff’s department, according to KDFW-TV reporter Brandon Todd.
There have been no injuries reported so far.
Police said the suspect was saying “a bunch of rambling statements that didn’t make a lot of sense,” according to the Dallas Morning News. The incident is also under investigation by the FBI.
Most of the employees from KDFW-TV studios were evacuated and rail service was suspended in downtown Dallas as a bomb squad investigated what authorities described as a suspicious bag left behind by the man. The scene has since been cleared of potential bomb threats.
Some employees, however, remained in a secure part of the building to keep their morning news show, "Good Day," on air, according to Fox.
The incident comes just a week after a man in California was charged with making violent threats to the Boston Globe, which he called the “enemy of the people.” Months earlier, a man opened fire on the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, Maryland, and killed five people.
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/paw7a7/man-ranting-about-high-treason-arrested-after-ramming-truck-into-dallas-tv-station
By Tess Owen Sep 5, 2018
A man ranting about “high treason” repeatedly rammed his pickup truck into the side of a local news station in Dallas early Wednesday. He’s now been arrested.
As the truck smashed into KDFW-TV studios, a Fox affiliate, thousands of pieces of paper were flung out by the suspect, who also ranted about the local sheriff’s department, according to KDFW-TV reporter Brandon Todd.
There have been no injuries reported so far.
Police said the suspect was saying “a bunch of rambling statements that didn’t make a lot of sense,” according to the Dallas Morning News. The incident is also under investigation by the FBI.
Most of the employees from KDFW-TV studios were evacuated and rail service was suspended in downtown Dallas as a bomb squad investigated what authorities described as a suspicious bag left behind by the man. The scene has since been cleared of potential bomb threats.
Some employees, however, remained in a secure part of the building to keep their morning news show, "Good Day," on air, according to Fox.
The incident comes just a week after a man in California was charged with making violent threats to the Boston Globe, which he called the “enemy of the people.” Months earlier, a man opened fire on the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, Maryland, and killed five people.
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/paw7a7/man-ranting-about-high-treason-arrested-after-ramming-truck-into-dallas-tv-station
